David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero
Category: Science
Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather?
In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in
Glowing Views from the Space Station
This celestial image captured from a window on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station highlights the Milky Way rising above Earth’s
Some gene therapies no longer require clinical trials, thanks to new FDA rule. Is this safe, and who will it help?
The FDA is launching a new framework to deliver tailor-made gene therapies to people with rare genetic disorders. Discussions about whom to treat and how
US government declassifies nearly 200 UAP files, including strange sightings from Apollo astronauts
The Department of Defense just declassified more than 160 documents, images and recordings related to UFO/UAP sightings dating back to before the Apollo era.
Flowering plants transformed into ‘hopeful monsters’ in 9 dire bursts across evolutionary time, study finds
In hard times, like when the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth, some plants transformed into “hopeful monsters” to save themselves. Now, a new paper shows that
If wings came before flight, what were they for?
Scientists use simulated dinosaurs to trigger real insect brains and test how wings originally evolved.
To understand black holes, physicists turn to a mathematical ‘Rosetta stone’
A link between particle physics and gravity equations, called the double copy, applies to Hawking radiation, creating a new way into black hole puzzles.
500-year-old gold dental bridge is earliest known oral care of its kind in Scotland — and it likely held a fake tooth
Archaeologists discovered the 20-karat-gold dental wire in the lower jaw of a middle-aged man who lived around 500 years ago in Scotland.
Live quantum network test in New York overcomes 2 key hurdles in creating an ‘unhackable’ internet
Scientists tested a live quantum internet between three locations across New York, inching closer to an unhackable internet.
Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study finds
New research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million
Studying these young Alzheimer’s patients led to breakthroughs. Trump cut the funding
Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer’s in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, and a quick way to
Making a podcast helped one family talk about aging, dementia and death
This year’s winner in NPR’s College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including dementia. It’s the story of
Hantavirus cruise LIVE: Cruise passengers being monitored in several US states as CDC prepares official guidance
Thursday, May 7, 2026: The latest news and updates on the hantavirus cluster associated with the MV Hondius. The cruise ship is on course to